diff --git a/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics.go b/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics.go
index 213ee2200a..50820d870c 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ var (
 
 const collectFrequency = 10 * time.Second
 
-var collector *aggregatingCollector
+var defaultCollector *aggregatingCollector
 
 var initMetricsOnce sync.Once
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ func initMetrics() {
 	bytesSentDesc = prometheus.NewDesc("tcp_sent_bytes", "TCP bytes sent", nil, nil)
 	bytesRcvdDesc = prometheus.NewDesc("tcp_rcvd_bytes", "TCP bytes received", nil, nil)
 
-	collector = newAggregatingCollector()
-	prometheus.MustRegister(collector)
+	defaultCollector = newAggregatingCollector()
+	prometheus.MustRegister(defaultCollector)
 
 	const direction = "direction"
 
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ func (c *aggregatingCollector) Collect(metrics chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 
 func (c *aggregatingCollector) ClosedConn(conn *tracingConn, direction string) {
 	c.mutex.Lock()
-	collector.removeConn(conn.id)
+	c.removeConn(conn.id)
 	c.mutex.Unlock()
 	closedConns.WithLabelValues(direction).Inc()
 }
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ func (c *aggregatingCollector) ClosedConn(conn *tracingConn, direction string) {
 type tracingConn struct {
 	id uint64
 
+	collector *aggregatingCollector
+
 	startTime time.Time
 	isClient  bool
 
@@ -213,7 +215,8 @@ type tracingConn struct {
 	closeErr  error
 }
 
-func newTracingConn(c manet.Conn, isClient bool) (*tracingConn, error) {
+// newTracingConn wraps a manet.Conn with a tracingConn. A nil collector will use the default collector.
+func newTracingConn(c manet.Conn, collector *aggregatingCollector, isClient bool) (*tracingConn, error) {
 	initMetricsOnce.Do(func() { initMetrics() })
 	conn, err := tcp.NewConn(c)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -224,8 +227,12 @@ func newTracingConn(c manet.Conn, isClient bool) (*tracingConn, error) {
 		isClient:  isClient,
 		Conn:      c,
 		tcpConn:   conn,
+		collector: collector,
+	}
+	if tc.collector == nil {
+		tc.collector = defaultCollector
 	}
-	tc.id = collector.AddConn(tc)
+	tc.id = tc.collector.AddConn(tc)
 	newConns.WithLabelValues(tc.getDirection()).Inc()
 	return tc, nil
 }
@@ -239,7 +246,7 @@ func (c *tracingConn) getDirection() string {
 
 func (c *tracingConn) Close() error {
 	c.closeOnce.Do(func() {
-		collector.ClosedConn(c, c.getDirection())
+		c.collector.ClosedConn(c, c.getDirection())
 		c.closeErr = c.Conn.Close()
 	})
 	return c.closeErr
@@ -258,10 +265,12 @@ func (c *tracingConn) getTCPInfo() (*tcpinfo.Info, error) {
 
 type tracingListener struct {
 	manet.Listener
+	collector *aggregatingCollector
 }
 
-func newTracingListener(l manet.Listener) *tracingListener {
-	return &tracingListener{Listener: l}
+// newTracingListener wraps a manet.Listener with a tracingListener. A nil collector will use the default collector.
+func newTracingListener(l manet.Listener, collector *aggregatingCollector) *tracingListener {
+	return &tracingListener{Listener: l, collector: collector}
 }
 
 func (l *tracingListener) Accept() (manet.Conn, error) {
@@ -269,5 +278,5 @@ func (l *tracingListener) Accept() (manet.Conn, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	return newTracingConn(conn, false)
+	return newTracingConn(conn, l.collector, false)
 }
diff --git a/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics_none.go b/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics_none.go
index 8538b30c89..cbee982070 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics_none.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/tcp/metrics_none.go
@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@ package tcp
 
 import manet "github.com/multiformats/go-multiaddr/net"
 
-func newTracingConn(c manet.Conn, _ bool) (manet.Conn, error) { return c, nil }
-func newTracingListener(l manet.Listener) manet.Listener      { return l }
+type aggregatingCollector struct{}
+
+func newTracingConn(c manet.Conn, collector *aggregatingCollector, isClient bool) (manet.Conn, error) {
+	return c, nil
+}
+func newTracingListener(l manet.Listener, collector *aggregatingCollector) manet.Listener { return l }
diff --git a/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go b/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go
index d52bb96019..a6f56be9ff 100644
--- a/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go
+++ b/p2p/transport/tcp/tcp.go
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ type TcpTransport struct {
 	rcmgr network.ResourceManager
 
 	reuse reuseport.Transport
+
+	metricsCollector *aggregatingCollector
 }
 
 var _ transport.Transport = &TcpTransport{}
@@ -212,7 +214,7 @@ func (t *TcpTransport) dialWithScope(ctx context.Context, raddr ma.Multiaddr, p
 	c := conn
 	if t.enableMetrics {
 		var err error
-		c, err = newTracingConn(conn, true)
+		c, err = newTracingConn(conn, t.metricsCollector, true)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}
@@ -250,7 +252,7 @@ func (t *TcpTransport) Listen(laddr ma.Multiaddr) (transport.Listener, error) {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if t.enableMetrics {
-		list = newTracingListener(&tcpListener{list, 0})
+		list = newTracingListener(&tcpListener{list, 0}, t.metricsCollector)
 	}
 	return t.upgrader.UpgradeListener(t, list), nil
 }